911 Calls Show Daughter Phoned Police After Stabbing Parents
- Posted on December 17, 2010 at 1:51pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — The 911 calls released Wednesday in the double stabbing of a Michigan couple detail the frantic aftermath of the attack, which their daughter, her boyfriend and another teen are accused of carrying out.
Tia Skinner, now 18, faces murder, assault and conspiracy charges in the Nov. 12 slaying of her adoptive father, Paul Skinner, and stabbing of her mother Mara in Yale, about 85 miles northeast of Detroit.
“I stayed in the basement and my brother ran upstairs. I heard something loud and I told him to go help, because I heard screaming,” Tia Skinner said in one of the 911 calls released to The Associated Press by St. Clair County authorities following a Freedom of Information Act request.
“We’re bleeding really bad,” Mara Skinner, who was repeatedly stabbed, said earlier on the same call. Shortly afterward, her son Jeff took the phone from her.
“Somebody came in and stabbed my mom,” said the son, who works as a nurse and was trying to aid his parents. “Stabbed my mom and dad.”
Paul Skinner could be heard in the background saying he couldn’t breathe. Jeff Skinner passed the phone to his sister.
“Nobody saw them,” Tia Skinner said of the attackers.
But authorities believe not only did the teen know who committed the crime, but that she was behind it. They say she helped plan the attack with her boyfriend Jonathan Kurtz, now 19, and James Preston, 18, who is Kurtz’s neighbor.
Kurtz and Preston also have been charged with murder, assault and conspiracy.
Tia Skinner’s defense attorney, John Livesay, said he had heard the 911 calls and that “they speak for themselves.” He declined further comment on the calls and the case in general, saying: “I think it’s appropriate that people be tried in the courts.”
Mara Skinner and Jeff Skinner both testified last month about the stabbings before a judge found enough evidence to warrant a trial for Tia Skinner, Kurtz and Preston. All three waived arraignments scheduled for Monday in St. Clair County Circuit Court, and remain in custody. Pretrial conferences were expected Jan. 10.
Investigators say they were led to the suspects in part by glaring evidence: a hand-drawn map found outside the scene of the violent home invasion with the words “my house” scrawled on it. A prosecutor has said Tia Skinner was angry at her parents for forbidding her to see Kurtz and for grounding her and confiscating her cell phone after finding texts from him declaring his love for her.
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rstarce
Posted on December 19, 2010 at 1:26pmA perfect example of what the young people of America are not exposed to any longer, love for God, Family and Country. If this is acceptable to you, then stay silent and allow the so-called politically correct progressives control our youth and turn them into self serving humans who blindly follow without conscience.
Report Post »txpedrn
Posted on December 18, 2010 at 7:49amReality TV has done nothing but contribute to the moral decline of the American Society. It glorifies bad behavior, bickering, fighting and justifies these beliefs in the people who watch. These types of programming are the absolute worst influence on our young people. They do not promote peaceful reconciliation of conflict, rather they instigate name calling, fighting and just all around bad behaviors with little to no moral values. No wonder kids these days don’t know how to debate and ultimately turn to violence. All they know is what they watch and American TV has been filling their heads with the worst kind of slop..ie:Jerry Springer.
Report Post »slimbo
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 11:58pmPoor you!
Report Post »Diamond Girl
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 11:16pmThere will be some sob story about how this trio were just victims, had probs in their little lives blah blah blah…truly pathetic what has happened to this country that I have seen in my lifetime…beneath contempt on oh so many ways.
Hope the nanny state commies are happy, their decades planned agenda has and is finally taking full affect/effects…we see it every single day anymore.
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 10:03pmall three needs hung by their necks till they are dead .. a eye for a eye
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 9:59pmAnother horrible story of SOCIETAL BREAKDOWN here in America. Values have declined over the years in direct relation to the rise of the secular left!
Report Post »Harvey
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 9:24pmThe condition this Country is in is a direct result of the Christian People allowing one Judge in 1961 to take prayer out of our Public Schools.We have sit back ever since and let it get worse and worse until now they are trying to stop us from Celebrateing Christmas and they have most of our Churches running scared because the Government keeps threatening to take their tax exempt status so they stay hid in the cornor hopeing no one will notice them.These are not what i call Churches and the people that let this kind of thing happen in their Church are not Christians,they are members of a cult .Until this Year i had almost given up on the American people ,i thought they had all been born without a backbone and was going to allow the Socialist and the Marxist to completly take over our Country, but thank God we are seeing a complete tiurn around.Our Christian leaders are once again starting to standing up and preach the truth.For this iam thankful.Our American Citizens are takeing our Government back through the tea partys and with the help of God and the strong determination of the greatest people on Earth,The American People and our Nation will once again be the people and the Nation all others respect and look foward to becomeing. Lets all remember each day to Pray for our Countrys Leaders,our Military and lets Pray for the People thats fighting to take back control of this country from the enemys within.
Report Post »Remember God is our only hope,lets not forget to include him in our daily lives.
MarkAZ
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 7:26pmWonder if these parents were raping and beating their kids every night?
Report Post »citygirl56
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 5:50pmWe don’t parent anymore, we befriend them. They don’t know how to interact with people. They don’t understand empathy anymore.
Report Post »barbaraw62
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 5:28pmThe Athiest…… tells it all.. NO God, no Morality, no Fear of God, no Conscience…… = No Scruple!
Report Post »4theRepublic
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 5:23pmThis “just a boy” obviously lived up (or down) to their (the parents, God rest their souls) expectations… Parents just know and their feelings were right obviously. We don’t know how far this went before this tragedy, but to “ease-up” I would have to dis-agree with you on that.
Report Post »timber wolf
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 4:12pmThey have taken prayer and God out of the classroom and indoctrinate kids in evolution exclusively. If there is no biblical foundation being taught at home, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that kids who believe they evolved from animals, act like animals.
Report Post »Carl1
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 3:19pmThis is what happens when you take God out of the classroom. It also takes God out of the kids. Get use to it…. It’s what the Gov wants. Funny how we can’t have God in anything these days? Until they get locked up in prison. Then we give them a bible.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:49pmThe problem is with the gov schools and parents not being able to discipline the kids. The libs will not allow responsibility and respect be taught. The ghetto culture is a big problem also.
Report Post »wodiej
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:46pmThis is what happens when parents do not draw BOUNDARIES. Then the kids grow up to be liberal thugs.
Report Post »Madcat151
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:42pmI find that ad at the start of the video very offensive.
Report Post »Whats up with that Mr Beck? Any ad money ok for you no matter the content?
biggreenboo
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 3:32pmI was wondering who was going to be the first to point out the ad.
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 4:08pmI have to admit, I thought that too. Axe has started some very immature, potty joke-like commercials.
Report Post »Poo-poo, pee-pee, hnnnnnnnn. He said balls, hnnnnnnnn.
untameable-kate
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 6:35pmAlmost ties in with the story in that young men are so childish and immature these days. That commercial looks like it is made for Beavis and ********.
Report Post »libertyordeath87
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:05pm@CatB…….yes their parents did too many drugs while they were having sex and after the child was conceived. Then they listened to Dr. Spock and left wing liberals tell them that spanking the child would harm them. So a whole generation of children grew up feeling entitled, without discipline, suspect DNA from their parents drug use, and no respect for their parents. That combination makes it easy to shoot them later. In the kids mind they are no different than the guy down the street.
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:18pmThey were adopted children, so, they could HAVE been crack babies.
Report Post »CALIDUDE
Posted on December 18, 2010 at 12:43pm@Lantern as an Adoptive Parent I find your stupidity and callousness astounding!
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:02pmHow the hell can you stab your parents? I don’t understand… my parents and I took each other through hell and back my entire youth, and I can’t fathom this.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:17pmAgreed. Same story here, and I never once thought of hurting my parents.
Dad and I came to blows a time or two, but I never once thought of hurting them like this.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 6:03pmYour parents had your respect. People don’t want to be troubled with all that bothersome parenting now and this act shows what is to be gained with disrespectful children.
Report Post »Skwerl E. Muckenfutch
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:02pmThis is what happens when a permissive society insists on raising your children for you. Too many kids won’t take no for an answer.
Report Post »My prayers for the family and their community during this troubling time.
PDfromToledo
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:19pmAmen Skwerl. E amen
Report Post »troyvar
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 6:15pmA village full of idiots, will raise a village of idiots.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 1:58pmthe the whole thing was probably caused by too much fat and sugar in school lunches. Hopefully Michelle has solved that problem. http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:03pmlol .. that must be it … we never had fat or sugar in our food back in the 50′s, 60′s, 70′s … right?
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 1:56pmThis problem of kids stabbing and shooting their parents is unreal. When I was growing up this was something I never heard about. This has become almost common place in our culture. One thing is for certain. We have lost the anchor to our moral foundation in this country. We are morally adrift.
Report Post »Bearfoot
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:21pmAn interesting scripture to read, to help us understand the time period we are living in;
Report Post »2 Timothy 3:1-7
Cliff
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:46pmBearfoot!!! Right on target, I love when I hear these wackos that proclaim the bible is not real and then you read something like this and it truly increases my faith!!! I love my Lord and he is blessing “us”… “us” as in the ones who are awake!!! I hope others awake soon!!!
http://www.mentorlynx.com
Report Post »Highland
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 3:00pmMost of the children of this generation never set foot in a church. That is frightening.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 1:55pmWow .. we just had a teen shoot both his parents … call the police met them in the driveway with his hands raised and telling the police his parents were inside and the gun was in the bathroom .. WHAT is wrong with these kids .. parents do to many drugs in their youth?
Report Post »JESUS-IS-LORD
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:49pmThis new generation doesn’t even know who GOD or JESUS is!
Report Post »America decided the Bible no longer needed to be read in school back in 1963.
And this is the extended result of future generations.
It is hypocrisy when reporters say this is “shocking”.
Really? Shocking? Today’s youth see this everyday on TV, movies and internet!
Today‘s youth don’t know anything about the Law of the LORD.
Wake up America. Read the Bible to your kids. Amen.
walkwithme1966
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 9:47pmActually the cases like this normally go up when the economy gets bad – there are a lot of problems in family because of the stress, especially if one or both of the parents are unemployed.
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Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on December 19, 2010 at 8:49pmOne thing interesting in this case is that Tia’s 2 week boyfriend chose to stab them repeatedly. I know the article says that. However, that is a very close contact method that needs exerted force.
Report Post »Is stabbing a method chosen by a novice?
Yale is the place to be. It is where evidence exists that the State of the Union is taking a toll. Remember Michigan is doing very poorly.
Here’s a shout out to the douche bags that will be on their way out soon and then some..
Jenny Granholm-Canadian born socialist Democrat who blames repubs for shipping jobs oversees. Jobs lost since she began Governorship: over ONE MILLION !!!! (she was in before Bush)
Debbie Stabbenow-abortion extraordinaire
Carl Levin- *^$$*&^%%$^&*(()))__
lovenfl3
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 1:53pmThey did a segment last week on the decline of our society. Everyday there is another example.
Report Post »cubber
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:01pmVery sad. BE PREPARED/
Report Post »FromtheBasement
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:24pm@LOVENFL3 Indeed. I keep finding more and more examples of both stupidity and violence in our society. People “losing their natural affection” for one another. It burdens the soul and threatens to destroy all hope. It’s forced me, especially at this time of year, to consciously turn off certain news sources and to actively seek more peaceful, hopeful things.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 3:40pmThe example again of what America under the Progressives will inevitably become; they instituted the destruction of family and of faith, which we now see in the social unraveling of morality, ideals and of honor in the nation.
Hope remains though, for there are still Americans fighting back, and good folks all over the nation who refuse to give in. Let the stories also be told of them.
Report Post »FreedomAdvocate
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 4:41pmI agree, the attack on religion is undermining the positive influence it was designed to help build the moral framework of developing youngsters – I do feel there is a heavy link between the lefts ridiculing of religion, and the breakdown of traditional moral beliefs.
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on December 18, 2010 at 10:30amI keep telling everyone, “GENETICS ARE FOUNDATIONALLY IMPORTANT”. And Genetic Studies are CONFIRMING there are “Personality Genetic Attributes”. Ever see the Movie, “The Bad Seed”? WATCH OUT LEROY!
Report Post »Annette
Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:09pmin my house we honor our elders, our parents, and my husband cause the Bible tells me so.
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